Last week was a crazy, hot mess. I allowed my students to take their exam on Thursday and have as much time as they wanted or they could take it on Friday and only have an hour. I had quite a few students come on Thursday and some of them stayed for two hours. I think overall they really appreciated having more time. When I started grading the exams on Friday morning, the scores were less than stellar. I was super disappointed.
I decided that I would put them away and finish grading later (like today). Yesterday, I went to campus for our open house. I gave a short presentation and tried to sell all the prospective students on why this is the best college for them. I really think it's a great place, so by no means was I lying or fibbing. Afterward, I grabbed a coffee and while I was waiting for my latte to be made, I looked over and on the white board were some of my practice problems. I walked over to check it out, and I realized it was completely correct. I was so proud of them, and it was at that point that I realized that it's just really hard material that was on the exam, and maybe I wrote a really hard exam. Okay, not maybe, I did.
Today when I finished the grading, there were some good scores and some bad scores. I know several of them will be disappointed, but there are some that should be really proud of themselves. I'm sure they won't see it now, but it's good for them. I know I was always annoyed when people would say that to me, but sadly, it's true.
And when everything is said and done, it's just one score. I think more than anything, I'm here to teach them a little about life. And unfortunately, life doesn't always give you As.
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